We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and ExtremeSwitching based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can scale the product."
"From a data center implementation, with respect to competition from your data, there isn't really a product recovery for the different tests other than Cisco Nexus. For example, if you take Multi-tenancy for the data center, it's something which, I think, only Cisco has. There are some implementation from HP, but I think it's limited there."
"The most valuable feature of the 7700 series is probably the multi-context subset VRS, which lets you use multi-VRS, multi-context, and also VPC setup, where you have two logical devices that are still separate in terms of management planes, but have shared, virtual core channels."
"Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst have processing power and offer good utilization of Cisco devices."
"It gives me an unparalleled ability to build out my environment differently than I would have if I was going with another vendor."
"This solution has saved us both time and money because we now have the ability to control all of these telephony devices that are deployed nationwide."
"In terms of stability, this solution is rock solid."
"It's easy to use."
"Our vendors are great and they offer very good support services."
"It is meeting our expectations in terms of performance as well as cost-effectiveness."
"The product offers a single management platform for multiple models of switches. The tool also allows users to manage multiple sites from a single dashboard."
"ExtremeSwitching fabric technology is a unique technology used to protect against viruses. ExtremeCloud IQ is a very good and feature-rich solution compared to Cisco, Ruxi Networks, or Huawei."
"The solution has inspection firewalls that can do a deep packet inspection on a port basis."
"ExtremeSwitching is a good, stable platform."
"The switches are fast."
"They are good. We have been using them for about two years, and we are satisfied with their performance. For our network environment, these switches are working fine."
"They need to understand that when we call them and have an issue, it's our production and sometimes they want us to do repairs that would cause other issues. That's the biggest problem."
"Areas in which the solution have room for improvement are the interface, management, and reporting."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see a focus on backplane deployment, so you can stack more."
"The initial setup was somewhat complex."
"The only thing to improve is to continue to get better."
"Cisco Nexus needs to add the SDN capability and lower the price."
"I would like to see some development into the SAE world where you can virtualize. That would be the only thing I would like to see because I need to start virtualizing my infrastructure gear at some of the other data centers that I have."
"The initial setup was pretty complex, mostly because of our environment, having to do multi-context. That's where you have a lot of different logical routes that are in one physical device, and it can get kind of complex trying to think about how to set all that up. You really have to whiteboard it out a lot."
"Extreme Networks does not have any entry-level products. This is a problem for them because Aruba has an Instant On series, which is new and cost-effective. Cisco also has the 1000 series, and other brands offer entry-level products."
"The interface could be improved."
"ExtremeSwitching switches are not prevalent in the industry, so it's harder to go online and research how to deploy their APs or switches. There is a broader user community for Cisco and Juniper because they've been around for a while and everybody has a bit of knowledge they can publish online."
"I believe they should be more aggressive in terms of pricing."
"Their pricing could be a bit cheaper, as Huawei switches offer better pricing."
"Their support could definitely be better."
"It could be cheaper in general."
"ExtremeSwitching hardware lacks flexibility compared to some other options."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while ExtremeSwitching is ranked 7th in LAN Switching with 18 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while ExtremeSwitching is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExtremeSwitching writes "Easy to configure, with a switching-level security feature". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Juniper QFabric, whereas ExtremeSwitching is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. ExtremeSwitching report.
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